And they all fall down.

In the spirit of the holidays I thought what better than some holiday political cartoons. The one above makes a very subtle yet bold statement. While one of the congressman is decorating the tree there is only one ornament that remains to stay on the tree. All of the other ornaments on the ground are broken and shattered representing all of the unfilled promises made to citizens. The 113th congress on the back of the man's sweater is also referencing the amount of years of congress and yet there still seems to be only but one change made.

Rob Ford

This image is portraying what has been in recent news relating to the inappropriate actions of Toronto mayor Rob Ford. Crumley is giving his speech to potential voters to try and win over their votes. Which isn't very hard given Ford's actions that have come uncovered in recent news. It's interesting however how for once instead of a political figure denying their actions, it is somewhat refreshing to know that the mayor at least is capable enough to admit fault. It is also no real surprise to see the opponent, Crumley in this depiction make attacks on the candidate. The most unfortunate part however are the citizens in the background who are so disappointed in what seems to take little nothing to become mayor, crack smoking and all.

Save the twinkie!

This cartoon is representing how so many americans flipped out when hostess shut down because they were in union negotiations so in order to cut the middle man out they shut down for 120 days and then came back under new ownership keeping the union out. There are only two people however on the left who think it is important to save the earth. This is interesting because the earth is a lot more important then twinkies but sometimes peoples views on what is really important is skewed. 

Vote today

The cartoon here is the Iraq government pointing their finger at the insurgents telling them they need to vote rather then fight the government. The word vote on the tip of the governments finger has ink that is representing that they are proving they voted to prevent them from voting again so they know who's voted and who hasn't. 

Stay down.

The cartoon here displays a bear who is the government telling people to create jobs for the country, but due to the regulations that are required by the government this really is restraining small businesses. So the private businesses aren't supposed to fight back and that is why the guy on the ground is "playing dead."

Spying? No, we're just keeping you safe.

This cartoon really caught my eye because it made me recall the stir up in the news not too long ago in regards to the government spying on your everyday people. This cartoon is poking fun at how americans and U.S. citizens are so enthusiastic about their freedom, but little do some know you aren't as free as you believe. The surveillance camera in the cartoon is a representation of the governments spying efforts. The people in the cartoon are completely oblivious to all the spying that's going on, sometimes even on them without ever knowing. The cartoon is poking fun at the concept of independence and freedom when big brother is always watching. This is also referencing the Snowden controversy. 

Can I get an "AMEN"?

Part of Obama’s healthcare plan is that all women should receive birth control for free. The catholic choir in this cartoon is to represent the republican party who is against abortion. Notice that all of the choir members are white older males. They yell to Obama “HELL NO!” because they are 100% against his healthcare reform. Many republicans tend to lean to a more conservative point of view. This is being depicted by the choir members all being implied as white catholic males. On a personal note though, I feel men in general really shouldn’t have much of a say in regards to this issue given they cannot become pregnant anyways nor do they have any reason to take birth control because it has nothing to do with their gender in the first place. In turn this issue has no first hand impact on them at all.